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Feet facts

• When walking, each time your heel lifts off the ground it forces the toes to carry one half of your body weight.
• It’s rare that two feet are exactly the same; one of them is often larger than the other.
• In a pair of feet, there are 250,000 sweat glands.
• Cigarette smoking is the biggest cause of Peripheral Vascular Disease (disease of the arteries of the feet and legs) which often leads to pain on walking, ulceration, infection and in the most severe cases – gangrene and possible amputation.
• A human foot & ankle is a strong, mechanical structure that contain 26 bones, 33 joints, and more than 100 muscles, tendons & ligaments.
• During an average day of walking, the total forces on your feet can total hundreds of tons, equivalent to an average of a fully loaded cement truck.
• Walking is the best exercise for your feet. It contributes to your general health by improving circulation and weight control.
• Skin on the soles of your feet is thicker than it is anywhere else on you.
• The average person will walk around 115,000 miles in a life time, that’s more than four times around the earth! The average person takes 8,000 to 10,000 steps a day, which adds up to about 115,000 miles over a lifetime.
• 1/4 of all the bones in the human body are down in your feet. When these bones are out of alignment, so is the rest of the body.

• Women have about four times as many foot problems as men. High heels are partly to blame.
• Walking barefoot can cause plantar warts. The virus enters through a cut.
• The soles of your feet contain more sweat glands and sensory nerve endings per square centimeter than any other part of the body.
• Fingernails and toenails grow faster during hot weather, pregnancy and teenage years.
•The feet can contract an array of nasty diseases from communal showers, planter Wart, Athletes foot, Ring worm!
• After a baby is born the obstetrician usually checks for 10 little fingers and 10 little toes. But occasionally, a surprise may turn up — an extra digit (or two). Extra toes and fingers are technically known as polydactylism
• Standing in one spot is far more tiring than walking because the demands are being made on the same few muscles for a longer length of time.
• The American Podiatry Medical Association says buying shoes is best done during the afternoon. Your feet tend to swell a little during the day, and it’s best to buy shoes that fit then.
• A 2½-inch high heel can increase the load on the forefoot by 75%.
• If your whole foot touches the floor when you stand, you have flat feet. Young children usually have them, because their foot bones, tendons, and ligaments haven’t yet formed arches